A Small Death in Lisbon
“There's 300 tons in transit and there are 175 tons of stocks in Portugal. By my mathematics that makes a total of 2675 tons which is 325 tons below the 3000-ton target for the year.' Silence from the four men. Felsen sat smoking in a chair about three metres adrift from Lehrer's desk.
'Our Intelligence in Lisbon inform us that the British exported 3850 tons.' 'You probably haven't seen the Beralt mine, sir,' said Felsen. 'It's a colossal operation...' 'Intelligence goes on to say that 1300 tons... of that was "free" wolfram, uncontracted wolfram. As I see it that's 1300 tons that should have come to Germany. My God,' said Lehrer, rifling through the papers on his desk, 'the money we're paying for this...' '660,000 escudos per ton,' said Felsen.
'That doesn't mean anything to me.' 'Six thousand pounds per ton,' said Wolff.
'Exactly,' said Lehrer. 'Huge money.' 'It's over seven thousand pounds a ton in Spain and product is moving across the border to take advantage of that,' said Felsen. 'In a market like this it's not always easy to persuade people to sell.MoreLess
'Our Intelligence in Lisbon inform us that the British exported 3850 tons.' 'You probably haven't seen the Beralt mine, sir,' said Felsen. 'It's a colossal operation...' 'Intelligence goes on to say that 1300 tons... of that was "free" wolfram, uncontracted wolfram. As I see it that's 1300 tons that should have come to Germany. My God,' said Lehrer, rifling through the papers on his desk, 'the money we're paying for this...' '660,000 escudos per ton,' said Felsen.
'That doesn't mean anything to me.' 'Six thousand pounds per ton,' said Wolff.
'Exactly,' said Lehrer. 'Huge money.' 'It's over seven thousand pounds a ton in Spain and product is moving across the border to take advantage of that,' said Felsen. 'In a market like this it's not always easy to persuade people to sell.MoreLess
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